“A lot of the time I tend to overlook the music because I’m listening to how it’s produced.”

I’m used to the older-fashioned way of mixing: playing with three decks, always turning and twisting knobs manically.

The U.S. needs a strong techno brand like Awakenings, just pretty much pure techno.

Listen as I promise, you deserve everything, especially to love again.

I feel I have to play a role in the transformation of my thoughts. Music is the most powerful way for me to do that, through my own music, through listening to other people’s music.

I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

I’m always listening to music to pump myself up.

I can remember how I sang – a little more nasal-y back then. Listening to those old recordings is like seeing a photograph of yourself from 10 years ago. You’re wearing what you thought looked cool at the time. You had your hair styled the particular way you thought looked cool.

Between every record, we all split off in our own world and we all end up listening to usually pretty different music on our own. We come together not really knowing what the other people having been really listening to and what’s been influencing them.

If a teacher wants to know something why doesn’t she look it up herself instead of making we students do it? We benefit ourselves more by listening to her, after all she’s the teacher!

When someone tells you something big, it’s like you’re taking money from them, and there’s no way it will ever go back to being the way it was. You have to take responsibility for listening.